sports for women

Introduces the rules, equipment, and playing skills of eighteen different sports and explains how girls can get started in them.

Tactics and techniques of field hockey, an American sport in which women are more dominant than men.

Describes the personal life and soccer career of one of the top female soccer players in the world, Mia Hamm, who helped the United States win a gold medal in soccer in the 1996 Olympics.

Profiles ten women who work in the field of sports, in such jobs as ski instructor, athletic director, and referee, and explains their duties and how they prepared for and got their positions.

Examines the growing participation of women and girls in sports, the changing attitudes toward such participation, the sexual politics of women in sports, and other aspects in the lives of woman athletes, including self-image, relationships, and the business side of sports.

Photographs and text describe the basic skills necessary for women's competitive skateboarding; profiling a number of pro skaters including Mimi Knoop and CB Burnside.

Answers questions girls might have about how to choose a sport, discussing when to begin, how to decide between individual or team sports, and whether to participate in more than one sport.

Tells the stories of ten landmarks in the history of women's athletic competion, including Babe Zaharias's performance at the 1930 Olympics, the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, and the final game in the 1999 Women's World Cup.

A collection of photographs of a number of women athletes from a variety of sports that show their determination and competitive spirit.

A collection of thirteen narratives that profile the top female athletes in different sports, including Babe Didrickson Zaharias, Billie Jean King, Jackie Joyner-Kersee and Sheryl Swoopes.